A runner-up is a participant who finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, especially sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the second-place finisher being designated "first runner-up", the third-place finisher "second runner-up", and so on.
While loosely acceptable for describing any second-place finisher in a sporting event, the "runner-up" label is more properly appended to one that finishes in that position as the result of having lost in the final round of an elimination tournament; specifically, its most frequent use is encountered in tennis, and refers to the player (or doubles team) that loses the final match; in most tennis tournaments, a testimonial award, often in the form of a plate, is given to the runner(s)-up following the final match, with the winner(s) receiving a trophy instead.
In American team sports, the term is usually avoided in official circles, because the team losing in the final round of the postseason playoffs will have had to have won the championship of a lesser entity as a condition for reaching the finals; in basketball, American football and Ice hockey this would have been a conference championship, and in baseball a league championship, or colloquially, the league "pennant". Consequently, the losing finalist will typically be referred to as the champion of its conference (or league in the case of baseball) rather than as a runner-up. Although the team that won the finals will also be a conference (or league in baseball) champion by necessity, it is usually not referred to as such because the title of "finals champion" carries more prestige.
[Verse 1] Take it back, take it back, you're on the wrong track. Gonna tear this up to little pieces. Take it slow, take it slow, gotta find out what you know Before a chance flies by, you can't erase it. Place all your bets, Forget all regret. [Prechorus] Can you hear me now? There is no way out. Let's tear down these walls and show the world how it's done. [Chorus] This is me still standing on my two feet and you can't hold me down. The whole world crumbles down when the clock strikes twelve I'm leaving you behind, you can't make a sound I'll never be what you want of me. [Verse 2] Turn it up, turn it up for all to hear this We've found a way to mend all the pieces Forget about the past, we're gonna kick your ass, Don't try and run there's no way around it. Faster these days they pass by and my feelings I cannot hide. Topped off with all this doubt, trapped inside a box without a sure way out [Pre-Chorus] Can you hear me now? There's no way out. Let's tear down these walls and show the world how it's done. [Chorus] This is me still standing on my two feet, and you can't hold me down. The whole world crumbles down when the clock strikes twelve I'm leaving you behind, you can't make a sound. I'll never be what you want of me. [Bridge] It's time to follow through, so much for second chances It's time to follow through, we can see right through you
Surprisingly, Andrea wore her Miss World 1st runner-up tiara when she walked down the aisle, not her Miss Universe crown. Before Miss Universe, Andrea won 1st runner-up in the Miss World beauty pageant held in Sanya, China, in 2017.
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The state runner-ups a year ago, the Roughriders have spent the first month of the season facing elite teams, both in- and out-of-state.More Oregon high school sports ... first down in Peach Bowl.
The win sets up a quarterfinal matchup against (4) Arizona State in the Peach Bowl on Jan ...The Longhorns, SEC runner-ups in their first season in the conference, looked like title contenders for much of their clash with Clemson.
She followed that up with first place finishes at the CIF-Southern SectionCentral Division Individual Champions and then at the CIF-SSMastersMeet... 4 seed in the bracket and division runner-up ... Five returning league champions or runner-ups.
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The Cornell ChemE Car team ended up placing first amongst these teams, winning with a final distance of 12.5 cm off the finish line ... as the other runner-ups were 15 and 19 centimeters away.”.
Wilkes-Barre Area had four wrestlers finish as runner-ups as the Wolfpack was fourth at the JarvisTournament on Saturday with 96 points ...Shrader (285) were all runners-up in their weight classes.
Connellsville finished first with 220.5 points, while Easton was second with 212.5. Mifflinburg had two runner-ups ... Then at 133 pounds, Conestoga Valley's Caden Yanarella picked up a technical fall over Ben Straub of Mifflinburg, 18-2 in 4.58.
Last year’s state runner-ups, the McCracken CountyLady Mustangs, are looking to once again continue their dominance in FirstRegion play with the start of the 2024-25 season upon us ... .
The Grand Island Independent
08 Dec 2024
The Grand Island Independent
08 Dec 2024